Public Health Scotland published Guidance on the management of clusters of drug-related harms which sets out how you can prepare, monitor, identify and respond to these. This approach may be led locally by alcohol and drug partnerships or by NHS public…
“Next week, we will launch a major new report on alcohol labelling in Parliament on 3 June – and your MP needs to be there,” the Alcohol Health Alliance urged. “For example, alcohol is a type 1 carcinogen – in…
Sky News’s Greg Milam has been investigating who Britain’s drug drivers are. This 10-minute video shows him confronting motorists moments after they’ve been convicted, to ask why they took drugs and got behind the wheel. He also spent time with…
A survey for ITV’s Tonight programme found that over 1 in 3 users of non-prescription codeine could be at risk of addiction through use beyond the guidance period. Painkillers containing codeine and either ibuprofen or paracetamol can be bought at…
“Brutal UK drug war takes dramatic turn as lorry ploughs into home of gangster,” the Mirror headlined. “Tuesday’s dramatic incident in Edinburgh is the latest in a long line of retaliations, and part of a war between two notorious Scottish…
The Self Help Addiction Recovery Programme, part of The Forward Trust and previously CDC, marked its 21st birthday at The Brink Cafe, bringing together past and present clients, staff, volunteers, family members and supporters. The Brink Cafe is Liverpool’s pioneering…
The 1st free online course enabling addiction service workers to support neurodivergent clients will be launched at Trinity College Dublin. The training was commissioned by the Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign, with support from ADHD Ireland, after Citywide found that 21% of…
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied to hear an appeal from Meta to get out of a case in which Vermont accused the company of knowingly designing addictive features for Instagram and Facebook that harm teens. The refusal is a…
In this video, psychotherapist Ross Rosenberg breaks down the 9 habits that run the lives of codependents – or, as he calls them, people with Self-Love Deficit Disorder. These aren’t personality flaws. They’re survival patterns instilled in childhood by a…